phadrus56 t1_j6jdo1x wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:22 PM

Perhaps people are afraid of having to deal with his private life issues.

TRHess t1_j6jfgxq wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:33 PM

Yeah, there are three ways they could handle him.

Make it all about his "king of pop" era before he bleached himself white and let the weird stuff out. This method would get criticized for ignoring the child abuse issue.
Include the child molestation issue... and I don't think there's any way this could be addressed tastefully. The biopic would have to take a stance on whether or not he was guilty (personally I think he was) and would be criticized by people who are on the other side of the issue.
Make it about his abusive childhood and use that as a vehicle to show how it messed him up as an adult. End it right as things were about to go off the rails, kinda like The Aviator.

DJs1062 t1_j6jg1ev wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:36 PM

I think they won't include the allegations, most the allegations happened after he died. He was investigated before but the FBI declared him innocent. And his family has most likely given permission for the movie so I would be surprised if they include it.

nonanumatic t1_j6ji0m7 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 7:49 PM

I don't think he was guilty. Now don't get me wrong, I do think he did some weird things, but I don't think he molested any children, and neither does Macaulay Culkin, a child at the time who was close to him. He was also found not guilty in court. On top of that, he bleached himself white because he had vitiligo, and his skin already had massive patches of white that he was incredibly self conscious about, considering how massively popular he was. All that on top of the aforementioned abusive childhood due to his pos father, he was definitely troubled. If I were to guess they would go with something like your third option, but I do think they should go further and talk about his entire life, as there is so much misinformation out about him

RandoCalrissian11 t1_j6l2ltt wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:08 AM

After he died they proved he was guilty, just can’t convict a dead guy. He and OJ are equally innocent.

nonanumatic t1_j6l44f1 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:19 AM

Source?

RandoCalrissian11 t1_j6mg89n wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:03 AM

Every documentary, police report, and person who knows the case. The only sources who think he’s innocent are the ones that go strictly off the legal proceedings, just like OJ.